Flirting with treason: The insurrectionist ideology of the NRA

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May 5, 2013 at 12:23 PM

THIS ESSAY, while not especially well-written, makes some pertinent points:

The NRA’s leadership embraces an insurrectionist ideology that asserts that the intent of the Second Amendment is to permit American citizens to shoot and kill federal agents and law enforcement officers in the event that they believe those agents are attempting to facilitate or impose some form of government tyranny. This dangerous doctrine, that flirts with committing treason, is the cornerstone of the gun lobby’s opposition to any and all forms of gun control. This ideology is explicitly expressed by many of the NRA’s congressional supporters.

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Pat Cunningham

THIS ESSAY, while not especially well-written, makes some pertinent points:

The NRA’s leadership embraces an insurrectionist ideology that asserts that the intent of the Second Amendment is to permit American citizens to shoot and kill federal agents and law enforcement officers in the event that they believe those agents are attempting to facilitate or impose some form of government tyranny. This dangerous doctrine, that flirts with committing treason, is the cornerstone of the gun lobby’s opposition to any and all forms of gun control. This ideology is explicitly expressed by many of the NRA’s congressional supporters.

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